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Elections Canada adds security ahead of Alberta byelection amid reported threats
Elections Canada has hired security guards in advance of this month's byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot, candidates were told Friday.
Alberta byelection candidate back on campaign trail, citing no more 'credible threats'
Battle River-Crowfoot independent candidate Sarah Spanier says she's set to return to public campaigning after a deluge of hostile comments led her to pause door-knocking.
Alberta byelection candidates reported 'potentially threatening' comments: RCMP
Several candidates contesting next month's byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot have reported receiving negative and sometimes "potentially threatening commentary" on social media platforms in recent days, according to RCMP.
'It's a paperweight now': Why the Mounties' ban of popular rifle led to so much pushback
When it comes to Canada's often tense debate around gun laws, most Canadians likely will not have heard of an RCMP database called the Firearms Reference Table, or FRT. But to gun enthusiasts, it's an "incredibly contentious subject."
Oil industry continues focus on returning cash to investors over new big projects
While Alberta's oilpatch continues to make billions of dollars in profits, much of that money is finding its way into shareholder's pockets rather than toward major expansions of their operations.
Alberta firearms maker 'riled up' as Mounties ban popular rifle from Canadian market
A Calgary-based firearms company says one of its rifles being classified as prohibited by the RCMP has thrown his business into "crisis mode."
Oil and gas industry group backs proposed merger of Alberta's largest river basins
A Canadian oil and gas industry group is backing a proposal to consolidate Alberta's two largest river basins, a move that would make it easier for industry to transfer water in that area without requiring legislative approval.
Alberta reaches settlement with 2 coal companies over policy change
Two coal companies that sued Alberta over cancelled mining projects in the Rocky Mountains have reached settlements with the provincial government.
'Rurban' ridings on the minds of Albertans as electoral boundary meetings conclude
As Alberta's population nears five million, most of it concentrated in its urban centres, Alberta's electoral boundaries commission must decide how to redraw the electoral map ahead of the next provincial election.
Calgary 'bucking the trend' as U.S. visits to area surge amid nationwide slump
Canada may be seeing fewer American visitors this spring, but Calgary is proving to be the outlier.